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10 Career Change Myths
If you dream about having a different career, but don't act on that dream, you may be operating under the assumption of a career myth...

Applying for a job in China
Working in China Working in China is very common now...

Are you living an authentic life?
Are you living an authentic life? By Craig Nathanson-The Vocational Coach™ Have you ever asked yourself if you are living the life you were meant to live? Have you ever asked yourself, as you pondered your life, is this all there is? These are great questions to ask when you reach forty and beyond...

Benefits of Maintaining A Career Portfolio
Have you ever tried to contact a past employer only to discover they are no longer in existence or your former manager has moved on and been replaced by someone else? Of course, if you are an avid networker this shouldn't be much of a problem when it comes time to provide proof of your experience, education and accomplishments...

Boost Your Job Search with the Buddy System
Remember back in grade school when the teacher asked you to hold hands with a friend on field trips? The idea behind the buddy system is that it’s much harder to get lost if there are two of you traveling together...

Career Advancement Tune-Up . . . How To Invest in Your Future!
It's time for a career advancement tune-up if you're focusing too much on your job at the expense of your career...

Career Success Tip: The Zen Way
Many young executives like to ask for career success tips...

College or Work after High School? Tell Me Please!
One of the toughest career decisions for high school students and their parents is whether to get a job and settle down in that for the rest of their lives or to continue their studies in college...

Computer Based Training for Your Future Career
The world today is quite different than it was 20 years ago...

Computer Training for Improving Soft Skills
The increased demand for qualified IT personal and skilled networking technicians has made the workforce diversity more competitive, as computer training is essential to any company’s growth...

Discipline Will Get You That Job
There are many facets of life that require discipline; getting up every morning to go to work, paying your bills, putting gas in your car and countless other things...

Do You Really Want to Work There?
Most job search approaches are Ready! Fire! Aim! Don't do it...

Five Signs You Are In The Wrong Job
You struggle through the day, dealing with multiple tasks, answering phones, needing to be on top of every detail of your demanding job...

Gender Differences: How Women can be More Successful in a Male World
Are the differences between men and women the result of socialization, or are we born different? If we are entirely socialized different then women can learn how to be like men and compete with them, but if as I believe the underlying difference is something we are born with, a different strategy needs to be used to succeed in a male dominated culture...

Get Accurate Career Information
If I have learned anything in my thirty years of being a career counselor, it is that spending your life doing a career that you do not love is a waste of time...

How To Bulletproof Your Career!
In the not-too-distant past, ascending the corporate ladder assured management professionals of a bigger office, a stronger compensation package and a more secure future...

How To Quit Your Job
Why should you take my advice on how to quit your job? Because I'm a job-quitting expert, and my expertise has been gained through experience...

Intuitive Living
Copyright 2006 Margaret Ntifo I played the complete stay-at-home mother role for three and a half long years, by the end of which I was absolutely yearning to be back at work, to regain my independence and most of all to begin properly repaying personal debts that had been stagnating during this period...

Is Your Job Cramping Your Style? Consider Trading Down
Ever wondered why people trade down for a job when they are already settled in a high-profile job that pays them quite well? Many people trade down for a variety of reasons that include long-term career opportunities, change in lifestyle, job security, less stress, family reasons and so on...

Job Do and Do Not of Asking For A Raise
Feeling overworked and underpaid? If you’re starting to feel like you deserve a raise, here are eight DO’s and DON’Ts to build your confidence and tact (and what to avoid!) in asking for the salary you feel you deserve...

Job Market Strategies for New Graduates
It's that time of the year again when colleges let out and newly graduated young adults receive their diplomas...

Jobless in America
The whole job search effort is completely exhausting and at times just plain pathetic...

Looking For a New Job? Are You Sure You Can Pass the Background Check?
Companies are taking a closer look at who they hire today...

Lose Your Job Now: 5 Tips to Get to Severance Heaven
You've schemed, you've scammed, you've plotted, but the elusive layoff has evaded you for the last time...

Need a new job? Try Search Engine Optimization
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see...

Networking: The Core Of Your Career
Let's "de-mystify" the networking process, so it won't seem overwhelming or confusing to you any longer...

Organize Your Job Search
The job search process involves a lot of planning and attention to detail, so it’s no wonder that many people quickly feel overwhelmed and even a bit out of control...

Spanish an Essential Skill for Future Employment
Texan doctors are the latest professionals to enroll in Spanish language programmes to improve the service they give to patients...

The Brief History of Cisco Certifications
Even young people can remember the old days when network administrators were more often associated for being the person sitting next to a computer system rather than for specific abilities of proficiency...

The Perfect Career for Your Personality
Choosing a career path is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make--but how do you decide what is right for you? You may take a career path that uses the skills you have or the education you've gotten...

Tune Up Your Career In 5 Steps
You may feel stuck in the career you are in which does not seem to be moving anywhere...

When Your Career Becomes Very Stressful
What do you do when the career you have chosen stresses you out? When this happens, it is easy to get depressed since your career is very important...

Why do You Have a Job? Five False Beliefs that Lead People into Jobs they Hate
If you find yourself stuck in a job that you don't enjoy or in a company that isn't fun to work for, the first step to making a change is asking yourself, “How did I get here?” Your being here at this time in your life is not a random event...